And Klewlis, where do you get used classics books in Ontario? Currently I am looking around for an Oxford Latin Dictionary, and obviously, the new price (~$460 CAN) is discouraging. Therefore tell me of your secret haunts.

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Pete wrote:Where do you get used classics books in Ontario? Currently I am looking around for an Oxford Latin Dictionary, and obviously, the new price (~$460 CAN) is discouraging. Therefore tell me of your secret haunts.

There's a great store in Regina called "Centennial Books" which has a lot of classics stuff and ships nation-wide. I don't know if they'd have that particular one, but it would be worth a shot. Their number is (306) 525-4910. If they don't have it they can probably tell you where to find it. Also check out abebooks.com

I see. But what if my interests lie in language, rather than warefare and elephants and such? Will it still help?

And how much do elephants cost? Tell me how to get a cheap one!! Condescend as you will, but if I knew of cheap places nearby, I wouldn't hide them from you. But I beg you, Episcopus, to tell me--who is Stephen, anyway? Is he a bookseller or your boyfriend?

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Pete wrote:Condescend as you will, but if I knew of cheap places nearby, I wouldn't hide them from you. But I beg you, Episcopus, to tell me--who is Stephen, anyway? Is he a bookseller or your boyfriend?

By the way, when I was searching for the O.L.D., there were several sites ( www.alibris.com , www.abebooks.com ) that were offering much cheaper versions than the new one. The older ones are contained in fascicles rather than being combined into a single hefty but reasonable volume like the newest edition. These versions are considerably cheaper, but there is the game of trying to find all the fascicles because no one seems to have them all! Also, many people are well aware of the value of this item and you will have a hard time finding it for a decent price anywhere. I do enjoy mine, but it is of little practicality except when searching for a rare word or an unusual meaning. It is also very good for quotations, but I am very much disappointed with the lack of any English-Latin section.

I have purchased books from alibris.com a couple of times and was quite happy with their service and the price of the books. Some of their prices are high, but that's when you have to be a savvy shopper

I seriously do not know about Stephen, I recall him being a neutron. I'm happily the stable Carbon 12 isotope I'm offended that you assumed me to be unstable on account of my queer way of expression.

Don't be so harsh on yourself! The Latin there was part of a joke, it is far less harsh and was an intended ...comical paradox of what I ignorantly said in English. I am an absolute loser in Latin! Always there are poems which I don't understand for want of vocabulary, and Stephen will be thus if he just admit it! I don't bother looking words up because my intensive course has included so much thereof that I become bored. The best thing though is knowing the tongue of the Romans, and I enjoy reading the account of the Boudicca battle in the original of which we have heard so much. What I don't like is people who don't admit to weaknesses, which every one has. Mine is vocabulary because it's so boring to learn words which I don't really want, and learning them quickly and efficiently involves vast word lists.

I prefer a nice unique personal style, and I do admit, Stephen has that.